arrived

verb

past tense of arrive
1
as in came
to get to a destination when will the guests arrive?

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Relevance

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2
as in flourished
to reach a desired level of accomplishment the actress knew she'd arrived when she received an Oscar nomination

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Recent Examples of arrived The driver of the Mercedes-Benz remained at the scene until authorities arrived. — Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 2 Sep. 2026 Officers arrived in the area within minutes and spotted the truck heading west toward the ocean. — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026 More messages arrived over Discord, X, WhatsApp, and even from a colleague who had been asked by a friend to see whether Fabian would correct his story to say that the explosion had been caused by interceptor fragments. — Finn Brunton, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026 Six Senses Fort Barwara arrived with a bang, with the A-list Bollywood wedding of Vicky Kaushal and Katrina Kaif, rumored to be making its way to Netflix soon. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Sep. 2026 So imagine if this year, the A list arrived on the first Monday in May in sartorial tribute to Dolly Parton. — Jenny Bailly, Allure, 1 Sep. 2026 Sir Timothy Laurence and Princess Anne arrived alongside Prince Edward and his daughter, Lady Louise Windsor. — Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Vanity Fair, 1 Sep. 2026 Here's what went wrong NASA astronaut Anil Menon arrived in mid-July at the space station with Russians Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina on a Roscosmos Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft for an eight-month mission. — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026 London — The Duke and Duchess of Sussex arrived back in the United Kingdom on Wednesday, according to multiple British media outlets. — Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for arrived
  1. came
  2. flourished
  3. appeared
  4. succeeded
  5. landed
  6. thrived
  7. prospered
Verb
  • That came just a few days after news broke that Palantir had secured a $10 billion contract from the US Army over the next decade.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
  • All five of Bednar’s outs came via strikeout on Wednesday.
    — Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2025
Definition of came
Verb
  • Under his watch, the World Baseball Classic was born and flourished.
    — Barry M. Bloom, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The business flourished during the Covid-19 pandemic, when young shoppers fueled an explosion of sales.
    — Dave Sebastian, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of flourished
Verb
  • The fourth-year pro with blazing speed had an impressive training camp and appeared to be one of the team’s main kick returners.
    — Josh Kendall, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026
  • During Copenhagen Fashion Week, the monochrome palette appeared on nearly every showgoer—a stark contrast to the week’s historically maximalist approach.
    — Laura Jackson, Vogue, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of appeared
Verb
  • The gambit almost succeeded as five House Republicans voted against bringing the socialism resolution to the floor.
    — Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Republicans are trying to tie the Democratic Party in general to the democratic socialist candidates who have succeeded this year in running for office.
    — Kevin Freking, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of succeeded
Verb
  • Mayer had some early success with her jab, but Cameron increasingly took control as the fight progressed and landed the cleaner punches before hurting Mayer with a right hand in the eighth round.
    — Amelie Claydon, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Florida State was coming off a 13-1 season and landed DJ Uiagalelei out of the transfer portal at quarterback.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of landed
Verb
  • In the late 1950s, Kusama moved to New York and thrived within the city's avant-garde scene.
    — Elizabeth Blair, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Although his brother ultimately thrived despite his disability, Trujillo says intervention could have helped him.
    — Allie Torgan, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of thrived
Verb
  • Mystic, when his great, great, great- grandfather prospered in the shipping industry.
    — Madeline Bilis, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The original finders prospered, with George, Jim, and Charlie making about $1 million in gold, while word of their discovery spread.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of prospered

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“Arrived.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arrived. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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